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Xiao J, Ji J, Zhang Z, Xia L, Song S, Lan S, Vadiveloo A, Montes ML, Wu L. Integrating desertification control and wastewater treatment: Novel insights from the induction of artificial biocrusts using municipal wastewater-cultivated cyanobacterium. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 955:177049. [PMID: 39447916 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Revised: 10/16/2024] [Accepted: 10/16/2024] [Indexed: 10/26/2024]
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Desertification and wastewater discharge are two global issues that severely threaten the sustainable use of available natural resources. This study aimed to explore the potential for transferring nutrients from municipal wastewater to drylands by inducing artificial biocrusts through the inoculation of wastewater-cultured Scytonema javanicum onto the sand surface in Gurbantunggut Desert. The results demonstrated that wastewater cultured S. javanicum effectively induced artificial biocrusts, achieving high photosynthetic biomass and nutrient accumulation (Chl-a, AP and OC) comparable to those induced by S. javanicum cultured in synthetic medium. In addition, the risk index (RI) value of 124.32 suggested a low ecological risk using wastewater cultured S. javanicum to induce artificial biocrusts. This study substantiates the feasibility of using municipal wastewater-cultured cyanobacteria to induce artificial biocrusts, thereby providing a dual benefit: enhancing soil stability in drylands and utilizing wastewater as a resource, thus presenting a significant stride towards the sustainable management of natural resources.
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- Jingshang Xiao
- Soil & Fertiliser and Resources and Environment Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200,China; School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Soil & Fertiliser and Resources and Environment Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200,China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China; The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen ABI5 8QH, UK
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Centre for Water, Energy and Waste, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- IFLP, Instituto de Física La Plata-CONICET CCT-La Plata, La Plata, Argentina; Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China; School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China.
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Jaiswal TP, Chakraborty S, Sharma S, Mishra A, Mishra AK, Singh SS. Prospects of a hot spring-originated novel cyanobacterium, Scytonema ambikapurensis, for wastewater treatment and exopolysaccharide-enriched biomass production. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:53424-53444. [PMID: 36856995 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26032-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The present work performs the polyphasic characterization of a novel cyanobacterial species Scytonema ambikapurensis isolated from an Indian hot spring and evaluates its wastewater bioremediation potential. While the physicochemical analyses of the wastewater indicated high load of nutrients and metals, the wastewater bioremediation experiment performed using the test cyanobacterium denoted the removal of 70 and 86% phosphate, 49 and 66% sulfate, 96 and 98% nitrate, 91 and 92% nitrite, 95 and 96% ammonia, 66 and 72% chloride, 79 and 81% zinc, 68 and 80% nickel, 81 and 90% calcium, and 80 and 90% potassium from the autoclaved and un-autoclaved wastewater, respectively, after 20 days of culturing. The kinetics study of zinc and nickel removal from wastewater revealed that the cyanobacterium employed sequential biosorption (by following pseudo-second-order kinetics model) and bioaccumulation methods to remove these two metals. The quality of the autoclaved and un-autoclaved wastewater was further improved by the cyanobacterium through reduction of hardness by 74 and 81%, respectively. In wastewater, the cyanobacterium not only enhanced its biomass, chlorophyll and carbohydrate contents, but also produced small amount of released and high capsular exopolysaccharide (EPS). The FTIR and TGA analyses of capsular EPS unraveled that it was a negatively charged sulfated biomolecule having thermostability up to 240 °C, which suggested its possible use as excellent emulsifying, viscosifying, and biosorption agent. The credibility of this EPS as biosorption agent was ascertained by evaluating its metal chelating ability. Finally, the experimental data denoting the ability of S. ambikapurensis to bioremediate wastewater and simultaneously produce EPS was statistically validated by PCA1-pollutant removal model and the PCA2-cellular constituent model, respectively. Briefly, the study discloses that the cyanobacterium has huge biotechnological and industrial importance as it bioremediates wastewater and simultaneously produces thermostable exopolysaccharide.
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- Tameshwar Prasad Jaiswal
- Laboratory of Cyanobacterial Systematics and Stress Biology, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Cyanobacterial Systematics and Stress Biology, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Cyanobacterial Systematics and Stress Biology, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Laboratory of Cyanobacterial Systematics and Stress Biology, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Selvan ST, Chandrasekaran R, Muthusamy S, Ramamurthy D. Eco-friendly approach for tannery effluent treatment and CO 2 sequestration using unicellular green oleaginous microalga Tetradesmus obliquus TS03. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:48138-48156. [PMID: 36752925 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25703-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The present study explored the process of bioremediation, sequestration of carbon dioxide, and biofuel production using multifarious potent freshwater microalgae Tetradesmus obliquus TS03. The heavy metals were reduced, viz., 8.34 mg of cadmium (95.13%), 4.56 mg of chromium (97.28%), 1.34 mg of copper (98.67%), 1.24 mg of cobalt (98.19%), 1.93 mg of lead (96.72%), 2.31 mg of nickel (97.14%), and 2.23 mgL-1 of zinc (96.59%) using photobioreactor microalgal treatment method. The heavy metal biosorption capacity rate (qmax) was 98.90% determined by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm kinetics model at 10 days of effluent treatment using Tetradesmus obliquus TS03. The microalgae T. obliquus TS03 utilized 98.34% of carbon dioxide (CO2) enhanced by acetyl CoA carboxylase and RuBisCO enzymes. The biodiesel was extracted from microalga and identified 32 fatty acid methyl ester major compounds viz., tetradecanoate methyl ester, hexadecanoic acid methyl ester, tridecanoic acid methyl ester, heptadecatrienoic acid methyl ester, octadecanoic acid methyl ester, eicosanoic acid methyl ester, pentadecanoic acid methyl ester, and cis-methylicosanoate using gas mass chromatography (GCMS). The biodiesel functional groups were identified, viz., amides, phenols, alcohols, alkynes, carboxylic acids, carbonyls, and ketones groups using Fourier transformation infrared (FTIR). The bioethanol was identified using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and determined the peak presented at RT of 4.35 min (75,693.1046 µV s-1).
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- Silambarasan Tamil Selvan
- Department of Microbiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, VIMS Hospital Campus, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (DU), Salem, 636308, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Basic Engineering Sciences, TPEVR Government Polytechnic College, Vellore, 632002, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Microbiology, K.R. College of Arts & Science, K.R. Nagar, Kovilpatti, 628503, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, 636011, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dabravolski SA, Isayenkov SV. Metabolites Facilitating Adaptation of Desert Cyanobacteria to Extremely Arid Environments. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3225. [PMID: 36501264 PMCID: PMC9736550 DOI: 10.3390/plants11233225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Desert is one of the harshest environments on the planet, characterized by exposure to daily fluctuations of extreme conditions (such as high temperature, low nitrogen, low water, high salt, etc.). However, some cyanobacteria are able to live and flourish in such conditions, form communities, and facilitate survival of other organisms. Therefore, to ensure survival, desert cyanobacteria must develop sophisticated and comprehensive adaptation strategies to enhance their tolerance to multiple simultaneous stresses. In this review, we discuss the metabolic pathways used by desert cyanobacteria to adapt to extreme arid conditions. In particular, we focus on the extracellular polysaccharides and compatible solutes biosynthesis pathways and their evolution and special features. We also discuss the role of desert cyanobacteria in the improvement of soil properties and their ecological and environmental impact on soil communities. Finally, we summarize recent achievements in the application of desert cyanobacteria to prevent soil erosion and desertification.
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- Siarhei A. Dabravolski
- Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Braude Academic College of Engineering, Snunit 51, Karmiel 2161002, Israel
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- Department of Plant Food Products and Biofortification, Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Osipovskogo Str. 2a, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
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Speciation and transformation of nitrogen for swine manure thermochemical liquefaction. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12056. [PMID: 35835911 PMCID: PMC9283412 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16101-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The nitrogen conversion mechanism of swine manure by thermochemical liquefaction with ethanol as solvent was investigated at a lower temperature range (180–300 °C). The fate of nitrogen in liquid phase products, bio-oil and biochar was evaluated by XPS, GC–MS and other methods. After thermochemical liquefaction, most of the nitrogen in swine manure was transferred to biochar (63.75%). As the temperature increased to 220 °C, the biochar-N yields decreased to 43.29%, accompanied by an increase in bio-oil-N and liquid phase product-N by 7.99% and 1.26% respectively. The results indicated that increasing the temperature could facilitate solid nitrogen structure cracking into bio-oil-N. Amines and heterocyclic nitrogen from protein peptide bond cracking and Maillard reactions made up the main nitrogen compounds in bio-oil, and high temperatures favored the further cyclization and condensation of heterocyclic nitrogen (e.g., indole, quinoline). In the case of biochar, the inorganic nitrogen disappeared at 260 °C and was obviously transformed into liquid phase products. The rising temperature promoted the polymerization of pyridine nitrogen and pyrrole nitrogen, which formed more stabilized nitrogen formation (such as quaternary nitrogen). Nitrogen conversion and possible reaction schematics during swine manure thermochemical liquefaction were explored in this study.
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Employment of algae-based biological soil crust to control desertification for the sustainable development: A mini-review. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Xiao J, Lan S, Zhang Z, Yang L, Qian L, Xia L, Song S, Farías ME, Torres RM, Wu L. Physical Disturbance Reduces Cyanobacterial Relative Abundance and Substrate Metabolism Potential of Biological Soil Crusts on a Gold Mine Tailing of Central China. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:811039. [PMID: 35464943 PMCID: PMC9019783 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.811039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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As the critical ecological engineers, biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are considered to play essential roles in improving substrate conditions during ecological rehabilitation processes. Physical disturbance, however, often leads to the degradation of biocrusts, and it remains unclear how the physical disturbance affects biocrust microorganisms and their related metabolism. In this study, the photosynthetic biomass (indicated by chlorophyll a), nutrients, enzyme activities, and bacterial communities of biocrusts were investigated in a gold mine tailing of Central China to evaluate the impact of physical disturbance on biocrusts during the rehabilitation process of gold mine tailings. The results show that physical disturbance significantly reduced the photosynthetic biomass, nutrient contents (organic carbon, ammonium nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, and total phosphorus), and enzyme activities (β-glucosidase, sucrase, nitrogenase, neutral phosphatase, and urease) of biocrusts in the mine tailings. Furthermore, 16S rDNA sequencing showed that physical disturbance strongly changed the composition, structure, and interactions of the bacterial community, leading to a shift from a cyanobacteria dominated community to a heterotrophic bacteria (proteobacteria, actinobacteria, and acidobacteria) dominated community and a more complex bacterial network (higher complexity, nodes, and edges). Altogether, our results show that the biocrusts dominated by cyanobacteria could also develop in the tailings of humid region, and the dominants (e.g., Microcoleus) were the same as those from dryland biocrusts; nevertheless, physical disturbance significantly reduced cyanobacterial relative abundance in biocrusts. Based on our findings, we propose the future work on cyanobacterial inoculation (e.g., Microcoleus), which is expected to promote substrate metabolism and accumulation, ultimately accelerating the development of biocrusts and the subsequent ecological restoration of tailings.
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- Jingshang Xiao
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.,The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Microbiológicas de Lagunas Andinas (LIMLA), Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos (PROIMI), Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
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- CETMIC- CONICET- CCT La Plata, Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CICBA), La Plata, Argentina
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
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Veerabadhran M, Natesan S, MubarakAli D, Xu S, Yang F. Using different cultivation strategies and methods for the production of microalgal biomass as a raw material for the generation of bioproducts. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 285:131436. [PMID: 34256200 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microalgal biomass and its fine chemical production from microalgae have pioneered algal bioprocess technology with few limitations such as lab-to-industry. However, laboratory-scale transitions and industrial applications are hindered by a plethora of limitations comprising expensive in culturing methods. Therefore, to emphasize the profitable benefits, the algal culturing techniques appropriately employed for large-scale microalgal biomass yield necessitates intricate assessment to emphasize the profitable benefits. The present review holistically compiles the culturing strategies for improving microalgal biomass production based on appropriate factors like designing better bioreactor designs. On the other hand, synthetic biology approaches for abridging the effective industrial transition success explored recently. Prospects in synthetic biology for enhanced microalgal biomass production based on cultivation strategies and various mechanistic modes approach to enrich cost-effective and viable output are discussed. The State-of-the-art culturing techniques encompassing enhancement of photosynthetic activity, designing bioreactor design, and potential augmenting protocols for biomass yield employing indoor cultivation in both (Open and or/closed) methods are enumerated. Further, limitations hindering the microalgal bioproducts development are critically evaluated for improving culturing techniques for microalgal cell factories, subsequently escalating the cost-benefit ratio in bioproducts synthesis from microalgae. The comprehensive analysis could provide a rational and deeper detailed insight for microalgal entrepreneurs through alternative culturing technology viz., synthetic biology and genome engineering in an Industrial perspective arena.
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- Maruthanayagam Veerabadhran
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China.
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Typical Environmental Pollution and Health Hazards, School of Public Health, Hengyang Medical College, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
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Lan S, Wu L, Adessi A, Hu C. Cyanobacterial persistence and influence on microbial community dynamics over 15 years in induced biocrusts. Environ Microbiol 2021; 24:66-81. [PMID: 34816560 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biocrusts provide numerous ecological functions in drylands. Recovering biocrusts via cyanobacterial inoculation recently gathered interest for ecological restoration, yet it still lacks long-term experiments to unravel biocrust community dynamics. To examine how cyanobacterial inoculants influenced local microbial community and biocrust development, we observed a 2 km2 (Qubqi Desert, China) inoculation experiment after 10 and 15 years, following biocrust formation. Our results revealed that biocrust development was in line with ecological regime shift, providing evidence for biocrust community succession, from cyanobacteria- to moss-dominated types. Associated with biocrust development, microbial communities differed significantly with less specialists compared to shifting sands. Cyanobacterial community analysis showed that Microcoleus vaginatus and Scytonema javanicum are an ideal inoculating model, as they were still dominating the community after 15 years since inoculation, while other nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria occurred profusely with biocrust development. Biocrust community composition combined with thickness, Chl-a and exopolysaccharide measurements revealed the large variation of cyanobacterial ecological functions along biocrust development, suggesting a main function shift: from carbon fixation associated with exopolysaccharide secretion in bare sandy soils to nitrogen fixation in developed biocrusts. This large-scale field study verifies that cyanobacterial inoculation accelerates biocrust development and forwards succession, shaping the biocrust community composition over a long time.
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- Shubin Lan
- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Florence, 50144, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Zhu Q, Wu L, Li G, Li X, Zhao C, Du C, Wang F, Li W, Zhang L. A novel of transforming wastewater pollution into resources for desertification control by sand-consolidating cyanobacteria, Scytonema javanicum. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:13861-13872. [PMID: 33200387 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11553-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cultivation of desert cyanobacteria in wastewater can lead to the optimal redistribution of regional resources and is likely to solve two global problems, i.e., wastewater pollution and desertification. However, the potential of using wastewater instead of traditional artificial culture media to cultivate sand-consolidating cyanobacteria for desert management is not well understood. This study compares undistilled and distilled wastewater with an artificial culture medium (BG110) to explore the potential of wastewater as a replacement culture medium for Scytonema javanicum. The results show that the photosynthetic activity (Fv/Fm) of S. javanicum was inhibited in the undistilled wastewater and was lower than that in distilled water and the culture medium. The lowest Chl-a concentration and the highest concentration in BG110 were found in distilled wastewater. However, there was no difference in the biomass (dry weight) between the undistilled wastewater and BG110 at the end of the experiment. After long-term dry storage of the biomass collected after cultivation, there was no difference in the photosynthetic recovery between S. javanicum cultivated in undistilled wastewater and that cultivated in BG110. Accordingly, although wastewater depressed the Chl-a content, it did not affect the biomass accumulation and subsequent photosynthetic recovery after long-term storage. The results reveal the significant potential of cultivating sand-consolidating cyanobacterium in wastewater and using this technology as a new nutrient redistribution method in human settlements and desert areas.
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- Qiuheng Zhu
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- Basin Research Center for Water Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Basin Research Center for Water Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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Zhu Q, Wu L, Li X, Li G, Li J, Li C, Zhao C, Wang F, Du C, Deng C, Li W, Zhang L. Effects of ambient temperature on the redistribution efficiency of nutrients by desert cyanobacteria- Scytonema javanicum. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 737:139733. [PMID: 32783823 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cultures of Scytonema javanicum obtained from artificial medium are used to control desertification, and through the effective redistribution of nutrients, related environmental problems can be alleviated. Wastewater is considered to be a potential alternative medium for S. javanicum. However, the effect of temperature on the nutrient redistribution ability of S. javanicum cultured in wastewater has rarely been considered. Therefore, this study explores the effect of temperature on S. javanicum in wastewater. The results showed that a sufficient temperature increase (from 25 °C to 30 °C) increased the photosynthetic activity of photosynthetic system II (PSII), accelerated the accumulation rate of S. javanicum biomass, and improved the removal efficiency of nutrients in wastewater. However, an increasing temperature caused a decrease in the final accumulated biomass. When the temperature was above 35 °C, the ratio of the variable to maximal fluorescence (Fv/Fm) of S. javanicum decreased, thus, causing damage to PSII. The average Fv/Fm at 35 °C and 40 °C decreased by 10.49% and 72.37%, respectively, compared to that at 25 °C. By analysing the chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics (OJIP) curve after 30 days, the P phase at 30 °C increased by 15.47% relative to that at 25 °C, whereas that at 35 °C and 40 °C decreased by 45.54% and 86.37%, respectively. In particular, at 40 °C, the O-J-I-P phase transformed into the O-J (J = I = P) phase, which caused irreversible damage to the PSII of S. javanicum. Comprehensive scores were determined using the entropy weight method and revealed that 30 °C was the optimal temperature for the wastewater culture of S. javanicum. This temperature improved the biomass accumulation rate and wastewater transfer efficiency. These results provide a scientific basis for improving the efficiency of the coupling technology of wastewater treatment and desert algal cultivation.
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- Qiuheng Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012 Beijing, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012 Beijing, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012 Beijing, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012 Beijing, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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Tamil Selvan S, Velramar B, Ramamurthy D, Balasundaram S, Sivamani K. Pilot scale wastewater treatment, CO 2 sequestration and lipid production using microalga, Neochloris aquatica RDS02. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 2020; 22:1462-1479. [PMID: 32615792 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2020.1782828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In present investigation carried out large-scale treatment of tannery effluent by the cultivation of microalgae, Neochloris aquatica RDS02. The tannery effluent treatment revealed that significant reduction heavy metals were chromium-3.59, lead-2.85, nickel-1.9, cadmium-10.68, zinc-4.49, copper-0.95 and cobalt-1.86 mg/L on 15th day of treatment using N. aquatica RDS02. The microalgal biosorption capacity q max rate was Cr-88.66, Pb-75.87, Ni-87.61, Cd-60.44, Co-52.86, Zn-84.90 and Cu-54.39, and isotherm model emphasized that the higher R 2 value 0.99 by Langmuir and Freundlich kinetics model. The microalga utilized highest CO2 (90%) analyzed by CO2 biofixation and utilization kinetics, biomass (3.9 mg/mL), lipid (210 mg mL-1), carbohydrate (102.75 mg mL-1), biodiesel (4.9 mL g-1) and bioethanol (4.1 mL g-1). The microalgal-lipid content was analyzed through Nile red staining. Gas chromatography mass spectrometric (GCMS) analysis confirmed that the presence of a biodiesel and major fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiling viz., tridecanoic acid methyl ester, pentadecanoic acid methyl ester, octadecanoic acid methyl ester, myristic acid methyl ester, palmitic acid methyl ester and oleic acid methyl ester. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis confirmed that the presence of a functional groups viz., phenols, alcohols, alkynes, carboxylic acids, ketones, carbonyl and ester groups. The bioethanol production was confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyze.
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- Silambarasan Tamil Selvan
- School of Allied Health Sciences, Aarupadi Veedu Medical College and Hospital Campus, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Puducherry, India
- Department of Microbiology, School of Biosciences, Periyar University, Salem, India
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, Aarupadi Veedu Medical College and Hospital Campus, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Puducherry, India
- School of Allied Health Sciences, VIMS Hospital Campus, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem, India
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- School of Allied Health Sciences, Aarupadi Veedu Medical College and Hospital Campus, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Puducherry, India
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Land Engineering Consolidates Degraded Sandy Land for Agricultural Development in the Largest Sandy Land of China. LAND 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/land9060199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sandification has become a major obstacle to China’s regional farmland protection, economic development, and ecological civilization construction. It is urgent to adopt advanced ideas and practical actions to reverse the sandy land. Structural consolidation theory was introduced to rehabilitate sandy land into farmland by soil body building, soil layer reconstruction, and soil quality improvement. A field experiment was conducted in Mu Us Sandy Land to explore the effects of blended guest materials (red clay and loess) with sand at four volume ratios (1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:5) on crop yields, soil properties, and root growth. Red clay and loess significantly increased clay and silt contents and regulated the soil total nitrogen concentration and organic matter content during the critical growth stage of maize. Red clay and loess had a significant promotion of maize and soybean yields at a volume ratio of 1:3. The maximum potato yield was 42,501 and 37,332 kg ha−1 in red clay treatment at a volume ratio of 1:5 and in loess treatment at a volume ratio of 1:3, respectively. Lowest root biomass in surface soil and surface/subsoil root biomass ratio mediated maize growth in red clay treatment. Red clay was considered as the better material to rehabilitate sandy land and develop agriculture in the long-term according to the engineering costs and crop yields. Water sustainable utilization strategies and potential popularization areas of sandy land structural consolidation should be enhanced in the future.
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Engineering salt tolerance of photosynthetic cyanobacteria for seawater utilization. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 43:107578. [PMID: 32553809 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Photosynthetic cyanobacteria are capable of utilizing sunlight and CO2 as sole energy and carbon sources, respectively. With genetically modified cyanobacteria being used as a promising chassis to produce various biofuels and chemicals in recent years, future large-scale cultivation of cyanobacteria would have to be performed in seawater, since freshwater supplies of the earth are very limiting. However, high concentration of salt is known to inhibit the growth of cyanobacteria. This review aims at comparing the mechanisms that different cyanobacteria respond to salt stress, and then summarizing various strategies of developing salt-tolerant cyanobacteria for seawater cultivation, including the utilization of halotolerant cyanobacteria and the engineering of salt-tolerant freshwater cyanobacteria. In addition, the challenges and potential strategies related to further improving salt tolerance in cyanobacteria are also discussed.
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Wu L, Qian L, Deng Z, Zhou X, Li B, Lan S, Yang L, Zhang Z. Temperature modulating sand-consolidating cyanobacterial biomass, nutrients removal and bacterial community dynamics in municipal wastewater. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 301:122758. [PMID: 31986373 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2019] [Revised: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Cultivating sand-consolidating cyanobacteria using wastewater has unique advantages on both nutrients recycling and ecological restoration by transferring excessive nutrients from wastewaters to desert areas. Although previous study showed that sand-consolidating cyanobacterium well adapted to synthetic domestic wastewater, no study has been carried out on actual wastewater. This study aims to investigate the sand-consolidating cyanobacterial biomass production and nutrients removal by cultivating Scytonema hyalinum in the municipal wastewater under different temperatures. The results showed that biomass accumulation increased with temperature from 20 ℃ to 30 ℃, while severely depressed at 35 ℃. More than 81.63% sCOD, 90.64% TDN and 97.08% TDP were removed by day 30 under each temperature except for 35℃. The inoculation of S. hyalinum strongly regulated the native wastewater bacterial community. These results indicated that sand-consolidating cyanobacterium S. hyalinum well adapted to municipal wastewater and temperature had remarkable effects on cyanobacterial biomass accumulation, nutrients removal and wastewater native bacterial community dynamics.
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- Li Wu
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Institute of Arid Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430072, China; The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen ABI5 8QH, UK.
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Yin Z, Zhu L, Li S, Hu T, Chu R, Mo F, Hu D, Liu C, Li B. A comprehensive review on cultivation and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: Environmental pollution control and future directions. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 301:122804. [PMID: 31982297 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Biodiesel is one of the best promising candidates in response to the energy crisis, since it has the capability to minimize most of the environmental problems. Microalgae, as the feedstock of third-generation biodiesel, are considered as one of the most sustainable resources. However, microalgae production for biodiesel feedstock on a large scale is still limited, because of the influences of lipid contents, biomass productivities, lipid extraction technologies, the water used in microalgae cultivation and processes of biomass harvesting. This paper firstly reviews the recent advances in microalgae cultivation and growth processes. Subsequently, current microalgae harvesting technologies are summarized and flocculation mechanisms are analyzed, while the characteristics that the ideal harvesting methods should have are summarized. This review also summarizes the environmental pollution control performances and the key challenges in future. The key suggestions and conclusions in the paper can offer a promising roadmap for the cost-effective biodiesel production.
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- Zhihong Yin
- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China; Faculty of Technology, and Vaasa Energy Institute, University of Vaasa, PO Box 700, FI-65101 Vaasa, Finland.
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Biomass-Resources Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology, and Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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Perera I, Subashchandrabose SR, Venkateswarlu K, Naidu R, Megharaj M. Consortia of cyanobacteria/microalgae and bacteria in desert soils: an underexplored microbiota. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:7351-7363. [PMID: 29982925 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9192-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Desert ecosystem is generally considered as a lifeless habitat with extreme environmental conditions although it is colonized by extremophilic microorganisms. Cyanobacteria, microalgae, and bacteria in these habitats could tolerate harsh and rapidly fluctuating environmental conditions, intense ultraviolet radiation, and lack of water, leading to cell desiccation. They possess valuable metabolites withstanding extreme environmental conditions and make them good candidates for industrial applications. Moreover, most natural microorganisms in these extreme habitats exist as consortia that provide robustness and extensive metabolic capabilities enabling them to establish important relationships in desert environments. Engineering of such consortia of cyanobacteria, microalgae, and bacteria would be functional in the sustainable development of deserts through improving soil fertility, water preservation, primary production, pollutant removal, and maintaining soil stability. Modern tools and techniques would help in constructing highly functional cyanobacterial/microalgal-bacterial consortia that are greatly useful in the establishment of vegetation in deserts as well as in biotechnological applications.
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- Isiri Perera
- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia.,Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia.,Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia. .,Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), The University of Newcastle, ATC Building, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia.
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